O Great Lord of All

THE WORD WHO IS LORD

December 18, 2020:  Lord - the Lord of All

Jeremiah 23: 5-8; Matthew 1: 18-24

O Adonai, the Lord of all...that is how the people of Israel experienced YHWH...the Lord of everyone, the Lord of everything, the Lord of time and the Lord of history, Everything that happened, happened not only with the knowledge of the Lord, but within the great plan of salvation. 

There were things going wrong, they considered it a punishment. There were things going just well, and they knew it was God who ordained it for them. There were things getting slowly into shape and they knew it was God was making things happen for them. God was their Lord, not just their Lord, but Lord of everything, Lord of all...the Lord of Lords.

In waiting for the Lord, the Word wishes us to grow in this attitude of accepting the Lord, as the Lord of all...Our Lord in everything...Lord of every dimension of our life! Without reserving for ourselves nothing, absolutely nothing in our life. The Lord knows us and therefore whatever we experience it is from the hands of the Lord - be they joys or sorrows, challenges or victories!

Shall we grow in that attitude...let the school of the Word in Advent teach us!